Ship project history: A
three-funnelled cruiser with a pronounced ram bow, and sheathed and coppered,
the Svetlana was in peacetime fitted out as a yacht for the Grand Duke
commanding the Russian Navy, and had a considerable amount of woodwork
installed. Four of the 6in guns were in main deck sponsons and two fore and aft
on the upper deck.

Ship protection: There was a
38mm deck with 63mm slopes, a 51mm hood over the engine room and 127mm glacis to
the hatches. The CT was 102mm and the ammunition tube to the forecastle 152mm
gun and the broadside patches protecting the TT were 51mm.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service:Svetlana
was sunk 28/5/1905 on the day after Tsushima by Japanese cruisers Otowa
and Niitaka.